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(11) EP 2 970 432 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
20.01.2016 Bulletin 2016/03

(21) Application number: 14773793.6

(22) Date of filing: 12.03.2014
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
C07K 14/78(2006.01)
C12N 5/095(2010.01)
C12N 5/09(2010.01)
C12Q 1/02(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2014/024847
(87) International publication number:
WO 2014/159707 (02.10.2014 Gazette 2014/40)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME

(30) Priority: 14.03.2013 US 201313827170

(71) Applicants:
  • Hackensack University Medical Center
    Hackensack, NJ 07601 (US)
  • The Trustees Of The Stevens Institute Of Technology
    Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • LEE, Woo
    Ridgewood, NJ 07450 (US)
  • ZHANG, Wenting
    Jersey City, NJ 07307 (US)
  • TOLIAS, Peter
    Westfield, NJ 07090 (US)
  • WANG, Hongjun
    Millburn, NJ 07041 (US)
  • ZILBERBERG, Jenny
    Yardley, PA 19067 (US)
  • SIEGEL, David, Samuel
    West Orange, NJ 07052 (US)

(74) Representative: Wright, Simon Mark 
J A Kemp 14 South Square Gray's Inn
London WC1R 5JJ
London WC1R 5JJ (GB)

   


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